Book Your Christmas Party Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:58 | Winning time: 5m 2.4s

Moonbow^p1,t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Lee Edwards| T: P Neville| D

4/1

Landed bumper at Catterick in December and left hurdles bow behind when winning maiden at Hexham 3 weeks ago, pulling clear with the runner-up. More probably needed again to defy penalty. Headgear on.

Form: 1219-31

Aughafatten⁶⁷³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr D McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: Gerald Quinn| C

9/2

Point winner who made the ideal start under Rules when winning bumpers here and at Stratford in 2023. However, off since (22 months) so likely to need this upped in trip for hurdles bow.

Form: U43111/

Barrow Brook¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Craig Nichol| T: R M Smith

100/1

£4,000 6-y-o, Doyen gelding. Dam ran twice over hurdles. Placed on last of 4 starts in points but showed nothing switched to hurdling here 10 days ago.

Form: R6B-38

Cinammon Roll²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: S Bowen| T: G Elliott

4/9

Won bumper at Downpatrick and followed up in maiden hurdle there, not always fluent but soon clear after the last. This looks another excellent opportunity.

Form: 1-711

Custom Made

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Alan Doyle⁽⁵⁾| T: A B Hamilton

125/1

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fair 2m hurdle winner Lady Temperance. Dam French 1¼m winner.

Form:

Teofimo²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Nathan Moscrop| T: A Nicol

33/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat in Ireland for Jim Bolger and fair form on completed start over hurdles. However, made a low-key start for this yard after 5 months off at Hexham 4 weeks ago.

Form: F6-7

Breaking Ground⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Bruce Lynn| T: R M Smith

50/1

£14,000 4-y-o, Berkshire filly. Dam, maiden on Flat in France, half-sister to high-class hurdler/fairly useful chase winner (2m-19f winner) Peace And Co. Placed on second of 2 starts in Irish points (May 9).

Form: 6-3

Forecasts

Cinammon Roll (4/9), Moonbow (4/1), Aughafatten (9/2), Teofimo (33/1), Breaking Ground (50/1), Barrow Brook (100/1), Custom Made (125/1)

An excellent opportunity for CINAMMON ROLL to complete the hat-trick. The penalised Moonbow may emerge as the biggest threat with dual bumper winner Aughafatten returning from a long absence.